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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 0.7 hrs on record
Posted: 2 Jan, 2022 @ 10:01pm
Product refunded

I tried to like this game. It sounded cute and its comparisons to Papers, Please had caught my attention.

Sadly, it is pretty dull and boring. The idea is interesting, the conversations are alright, but it really doesn't have alot of variety. You'll be doing the same thing every in game day. Rinse and repeat with there being a little variety in what is required for you to finish the day correctly and move on.

What it doesn't give you is any leniency or ability to change your style without being punished. Fate, the death manager, tells you to kill at least 2 humans who are both engineers. Not bad, you get 4 humans to judge, kill the two engineers AND a real jerk who deserves to die. Then you get reamed out because Fate said to kill only two humans! No. .no...the paperwork clearly said at LEAST 2 humans...not ONLY 2, there is a difference...

Overall, cute premise, some of the interactions are meh, but it was just so monotonous and boring. I didn't feel any interest in proceeding through the storyline as I did in Papers, Please.

Good try, just off the mark with this game. Had the game refunded.
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Dash Granny 30 Apr, 2022 @ 9:28pm 
i do think this review is perfectly fair, except for one thing "you'll be doing the same thing every in game day" yup sounds like a desk job.
Telendrial 10 Jan, 2022 @ 6:20am 
Thank you both Enigma and GeckoNamNam for understanding the point I was trying to make. I truly appreciate the support.
kek. 10 Jan, 2022 @ 3:27am 
It's ok for people to give reviews about a gameplay that didn't succeed in captivating someone to play at least a few hours or even finish the game.
Like with series: if you need to get through the first 3 seasons of sth to "have your mind blasted in the 4th" but the first 3 are poorly written and executed on, barely somthing to keep you entertained - enduring it might not be worth the time for everyone.
ENIGMVTIK 10 Jan, 2022 @ 2:17am 
"Sounds unfair." Well, boo-fkn-hoo... If a game can't grab you within the first half-hour, either you've failed as a developer, or it simply isn't for the player (or, most likely, a combination of both).

Thanks for the informative review. Yours was the third one that summed it up as "boring," and that's enough for me to pass on it.
Telendrial 9 Jan, 2022 @ 3:39pm 
Unfair? No. The game didn't hold my interest for an hour that is why I did not play for an hour. It is an honest opinion and review from my own experience with the game.
Wachap 9 Jan, 2022 @ 2:09pm 
review after playing not even an hour? sounds unfair
Telendrial 9 Jan, 2022 @ 1:43pm 
I did not. I honestly couldn't get into it enough to finish it. It bored the dickens out of me.
casperccino 9 Jan, 2022 @ 7:43am 
did you finish the game..?